Tubing Book

[mfchef54]

"Book-Design, Installation and Maintenance of Plastic Tubing Systems". Is anyone familar with this book? would this be a good book for someone has never done tubing before?

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

what color is it?

[forester1]

I got it. I think it is worthwhile. I really didn't know squat about proper installation of tubing before I got it. I still have some questions. It doesn't have good diagrams or pictures of how to properly design or hook up boosters or hook up a vacuum pump to the tubing and tank but it definately has good information about the rest of it.

[partsrus1974]

Its a great book lots of Info

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

probably in a book store?

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

Might be the flashy pink colored one they have in the folder?

[mfchef54]

You guys can make a joke out anything. Maple Guys has it.

[mfchef54]

should have added lol. all kidding aside this board has been so helpful in so many ways, that I just knew I'd get what I needed.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

The green is the tight,straight,downhill one.

[forester1]

The tubing book is put out by the Ontario government I think. I don't have it on me here. I ordered it through them along with the new sugarbush management book, which was updated. That book is good too, although the previous edition by Carence Coons I thought was better.

[caseyssugarshack93]

If its the tubing book u can get from the maple guys then i have one i liked to book alot it had alot of info the right and the wrong way to put up tubing and ways to set up vac,just a great book all around for tubing

[Buckeye mapler]

The book I got was mostly blue on the cover. the book was great and as i have yet to set up a tubing system, i feel like i could run an effective tubing network with refering back to the book. i may come across questions in the woods when i start, but i will certainly refer back here at that time as well. i got mine from www.andersonsmaplesyrup.com for $21.00. has some great ideas for how to run your lines in a variety of circumstances. hope that helps.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

the one i said was pink is actually red if you open up the cover/against the white paper it looks pink.

[forester1]

The one I have I think has a picture of trees with inset pictures of tubing and tanks, about 86 pages total. I think the authors are Lew Staats and Don Chapaskie.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

Design, installation and maintaince by Lew statts and Dave chepeski is what the book there talking about.

Gotta keep this place alive with the chatter. Keeping it alive right Lt. and SOS...

[peacemaker]

thats right but i have work to do today gonna start building the wood shed so i can get my wood down out of the field

[partsrus1974]

Hows it going mfchef54 I see your biding on the drops i have on ebay.good luck on the auction!!This site is awesome..I'm going for 1000 taps this year

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

About any of these books are a good tool for someone starting out in sugaring, especially when they don't know much or anything at all in tubing. I am sure you can find faults will any and all of them but they are still good tools.

[mfchef54]

Hey 74.
I Won. I wasn't sure it was you. Not sure yet how I'm going to use them this year, but with the bug as bad as I've got it, I'll find a way.
The book arrived Monday and It's good. I still think I would need someone to show me the way, but at least I have an idea of what everybody is talking about.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Find a local sugarmaker with a good tubing system or a nearby trader member and see if you can take an hour or two of their time and they can show you a ton in a short period of time that will be invaluable.

[partsrus1974]

Just remember mfchef,keep um tight and down hill.Try to stay on the south side of trees in the shady areas. A little practice and some advice and you will be a pro!I love seeing it zooming down those lines i'm adding 300 more taps this year 200-300 on vac to.